Mega-selling post-grunge quartet Creed were one of rock music's biggest reunions this year, getting back together almost a decade after their last return to the scene. In a new interview with Metal Hammer, guitarist Mark Tremonti - who famously rebuilt his career following the end of the band in 2004 with anthemic arena rockers Alter Bridge - explains what he feels set Creed apart when they first blew up in the late 90s.
“When Creed first came out, all the bands of rock radio were kind of upbeat, more pop rock," he muses. "Bands like Third Eye Blind were really big at the time, and Marcy Playground and Semisonic, stuff like that. So, when we came out with [1997 debut album] My Own Prison, to me at the time, it was the only sombre song that was doing well on the rock charts. I think the seriousness of it grabbed people’s attention. The grunge scene had a lot of that moody stuff going on, but when we had come about, it had been years since the grunge thing really popped.”
